Everyone very warmly welcomed at St Luke's Church Rooms (School Road). Drop in for a few minutes or stay for a chat, or to do puzzles or both!
Great way to make new friends so come and give it a go.

You are warmly invited to join us at 10.30am for a get-together over a cup of coffee - a chance to chat, swap stories and reflect on worldly happenings. To join in this event, each week we will meet in a local venue named at the end of this message. On the 11th of April of (two weeks off) we will be meeting at The Salutation Inn in Topsham at 10.30. If you would like to join us or would like more information, please let Revd Tony Raven know on 07949 669939 or [email protected].

A Eucharist to celebrate Christ's Ascension into heaven

Christian Aid Week
Big Brekkie Saturday 11 May 2024
Following our very successful Big Brekkie last year, You are invited to enjoy the Brekkie at St Luke’s Church Rooms, School Lane, Countess Wear, on Saturday 11 May. There will be two sittings: 9.00 - 10.00 and 10.00 - 11.00.
The full English breakfast will be cooked again by our expert chefs – Tony and Dorothy Raven and a team of energetic helpers – making use of our wonderful kitchen facilities. We can look forward to a treat!
The breakfast is free but diners are asked to make a donation towards Christian Aid. Envelopes will be provided and donations will be gift-aidable.
We will need volunteers to help with the Brekkie – help will be needed with setting up the tables, waiting on tables, and washing and cleaning up.
There will be lists placed in St Luke’s and St Margaret’s churches for you to sign up to your preferred shift. Money donations towards the food would also be welcome.
Envelopes will be available in the churches for you to make a donation for Christian Aid Week even if you are unable to attend the Brekkie.
Please contact Jill Allen (01392 877195 or [email protected]) at St Luke’s or Tony Raven (01392 875150 or [email protected]) at St Margaret’s.
Jill Allen

Free Arts Award Taster Day at St Margaret's Church, Topsham - Sat 11th May, 10.30-2pm, 7-11yr olds.
Book Free Space & Info: https://www.bigmusiccollective.com/service-page/arts-awards-taster-day?category=9b82e67d-a9b8-4b33-87b0-283aff407e55&referral=service_list_widget

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‘Open the Story at St Luke’s Forest School’ is held in the grounds of Countess Wear Community School. A bible story is explored with lively activities planned. It culminates in discussion, prayer and a song round a bonfire. There are regularly twenty to thirty people of all ages attending, and sometimes more. The majority of these are children but it is a whole family event.
The theme this Sunday we will be thinking about Palm Sunday and Jesus’ triumphant journey into Jerusalem.

We will also be toasting marshmallows round the bonfire!

Providing parent/carer support for those with babies and infants and time to connect, and refresh.
Drop in with your little one - warm welcome and drink in your hand so you can take a break.
Mondays, 10-11am, St Margaret's

WE meet together for Contemplative Prayer. The time consists of a reading or a piece of music and a time to be still. Here is some information.
Julian meetings are held all over the world to foster the practice and teaching of meditation and contemplative prayer within the Christian tradition.
It is a chance to still oneself from the busyness of life, to enter into deep silence, stillness. Many people repeat a word quietly to centre their prayer and as the mind may wander, come back to the word.
We start with music to steady our thoughts. This leads us into our 40 minutes of silence and then music once again to lead us out from the depths of stillness.

Why do we call it a Julian Meeting? The meetings are named after Mother Julian of Norwich who lived in late fourteenth-century England. At the age of thirty, she fell seriously ill. As she lay dying she had a lengthy vision of Christ’s suffering upon the cross and his redeeming love. She recovered and became an anchoress, walled into a small room, with one window into a
Church and one window onto the world.
This extreme enclosure, so foreign to modern sensibility, did not prevent her from having an active ministry. She is known to have provided spiritual advice to many over several decades.

Julian recorded her visions into a book,
‘Revelations of Divine Love, ’which is a spiritual classic and the earliest surviving book in the English language written by a woman. Her inspired writings accord that the highest form of prayer consists in simply waiting on God. “Be still and know that I am God” (psalm 46:10) If you would like to come along and give it a go, you can be sure of a very warm welcome as we enter silence together. We look forward to meeting you. If this has stirred your curiosity about Contemplative prayer, Julian of Norwich, or you would like to find out more then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Elizabeth Reed
email: [email protected]

Every Monday evening at 7pm, on Zoom, with Revd. Peter. Night Prayer, or the Prayers at the End of the Day, is the final prayer liturgy of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours.
link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693878714

On Friday 17th May there will be lunch available in St Margaret's Church Social Area from 12.30 until 13.30. This is in aid of Christian Aid, and you are encouraged to donate.

On Friday 17th May there will be lunch available in St Margaret's Church Social Area from 12.30 until 13.30. This is in aid of Christian Aid, and you are encouraged to donate. Lunch will include soup, roll, cheese, and cakes - a veritable feast.

10am, every 3rd Sunday of the month, at alternating venues.

April 21st, 2024: St Luke's

Monthly. Every Fourth Sunday at 10 a.m. for 1 hour

Held in St Margaret’s Church 8 am - 9 am
Every first Saturday of the month

A simple breakfast, a hymn, short reading & open or silent prayers of the heart.
Each month focusing upon an aspect of the mission community ministry and outreach.

Our focus for prayer this month of May is yet to be decided

All are welcome.

Nearly every Sunday at St Luke's Church there is a service. The Fourth Sunday is usually a Non-Eucharist Service.
For Palm Sunday 24th March and Easter Day 31st March please see a separate entry.

Please join us, you will be very welcome.